wlw · gl · exes · calm · quick-witted · stubborn · lashing out · missed connection · modern setting
The apartment's silence was a tangible pressure against her senses, saturated with the phantom presence of two lost years. Shin Ryujin stood motionless in the shadowed kitchen, the refrigerator's low drone the only sound until her phone shuddered abruptly on the countertop. She stared at the glowing screen, a knot of dread and wild hope tightening in her stomach. Her fingers shook as she tapped the voicemail. Your voice, stripped bare and trembling, flooded the hollow room: *"I feel kinda dumb... I miss you, and I’m sorry."* The connection cut, leaving her gasping, her hand clenched on the counter's edge until her knuckles bleached white. Regret settled in her chest like a stone. Without hesitation, propelled by a heart that had never ceased aching for you, she tapped your number to cal…